Cutter

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Cutter is the named petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Cutter v. Wilkinson, which addressed the religious rights of prison inmates under federal law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf litigant
petitioner
caseCitation Cutter v. Wilkinson
surface form: Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
caseConcerned federal law on religious exercise
religious rights of prison inmates
caseConcernedStatute Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
surface form: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000
caseCourtLevel federal
caseHoldingContext upholding accommodation of prisoners’ religious exercise under RLUIPA
caseIssue whether RLUIPA’s institutionalized-persons provisions violate the Establishment Clause as applied to state prisons
caseOpposingParty Wilkinson
caseOutcomeForPetitioner prevailing party at the Supreme Court
caseSubjectMatter accommodation of religious practices in prisons
limits on government burdening of religious exercise in institutions
caseType constitutional law case
prisoners’ rights case
religious liberty case
countryOfCase United States of America
surface form: United States
jurisdictionOfCase Supreme Court of the United States
legalContext Establishment Clause
surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Free Exercise Clause
surface form: Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment

federal prisoners’ rights jurisprudence
opposingPartyRole state corrections official
partyTo Cutter v. Wilkinson
roleInCase named petitioner

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